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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1946
Page
13
M W Merritt Columbia school principal guided a tour to showcase faculty, students, and week long NEA events. Lions Club funded part of a $2,500 football field lighting project as receipts from day games lag behind the night game.
The narrator questions Columbia's age and its relation to Daleville. Mr. Merritt, principal for two years, notes the Columbia Baptist Church history, a brick building that reached centennial status a few years back, implying the town is even older.
A brief item notes P. B. Cox, one of several Coxes in local hardware trade, referenced in a compact community notice. The reference confirms ongoing family presence in the hardware business without detailing events or dates.
W BR McKemie says Columbia's fall business is the best in his 18 years here as farms receive good peanut prices though cotton sales lagged. He notes highway paving will draw more visitors, with six new routes coming in. McKemie moved to Columbia in 1908 from Ashford and has run his own business since 1914.
Mayor E. E. Wakefield says little new on the Chatta hoochee dam plan for Columbia as engineers continue preliminary work. Citizens speculate on GOP gains in Congress and possible shifts before an appropriation is approved.
Trustees at The Little Brown Church in the Vale in Nashua Ta limit Sunday weddings to after 2 p.m. to allow the Rev. F L Hanscom to finish morning services and have dinner without interruption.
Sydney authorities report the 1650 ft bridge across Sydney harbor catches fire about once weekly. Fires originate in wooden rail decking due to cigarette butts lodged in crevices with old tram tickets. Hydrants are being increased to one every 100 ft.
Harold and Tom Fales of Pittsburgh travel 110 miles daily to attend Veterans' school in Erie, living at home to save funds. The 1930 Ford carries them an hour and a half each way, illustrating hardship and resolve as tuition bills loom.
An advertised medical discovery, LURIN KLURUS, claims to ease stomach ulcers from excess acid and related symptoms. It is presented as harmless, easy to use, and available by cash drug store at 119 N Foster St with home use instructions.
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